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Tug McGraw vs. Nelson Briles: Pitching Comparison

Tug McGraw vs. Nelson Briles: Totals

Tug McGraw vs. Nelson Briles: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Nelson Briles	21-34	1965	1978	129	112	.535	3.44	452	279	74	64	17	22	2111.2	2141	929	807	186	547	79	1163	51	5	50	8858	2857	103	3.43	1.273	9.1	0.8	2.3	5.0
2	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	96	92	.511	3.14	824	39	541	5	1	180	1514.2	1318	597	528	108	582	128	1109	22	4	63	6313	1998	117	3.26	1.254	7.8	0.6	3.5	6.6

Tug McGraw vs. Nelson Briles: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Nelson Briles	23-28	1967	1972	2	1	.667	2.65	6	5	0	2	1	0	37.1	28	11	11	4	8	2	16	2	0	0	143	38		0.31	0.964	6.8	1.0	1.9	3.9
2	Tug McGraw	24-36	1969	1981	3	3	.500	2.24	26	0	19	0	0	8	52.1	38	15	13	1	33	9	48	1	0	3	223	76		1.81	1.357	6.5	0.2	5.7	8.3

Tug McGraw vs. Nelson Briles: Value

Tug McGraw vs. Nelson Briles: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Nelson Briles	21-34	1965	1978	452	279	2111.2	20.4	1.7
2	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	824	39	1514.2	21.0	5.7

Tug McGraw vs. Nelson Briles: Totals Against

Tug McGraw vs. Nelson Briles: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Nelson Briles	21-34	1965	1978	452	279	2111.2	2857	8121	1592	313	50	108	90	54.55	14	165	84	55	.264	.312	.383	.695	101	.120	.286	981	3112	549	2739	2857
2	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	824	39	1514.2	1998	5561	956	213	41	57	42	57.58	1	135	102	46	.237	.309	.348	.658	88	.111	.276	610	1937	362	1922	1998

Tug McGraw vs. Nelson Briles: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Nelson Briles	23-28	1967	1972	6	5	37.1	38	131	20	1	3	1	0	100.00	0	4	1	1	.214	.268	.359	.626		.145	.214	14	47	8	38	38
2	Tug McGraw	24-36	1969	1981	26	0	52.1	76	184	29	6	2	4	4	50.00	1	4	2	3	.207	.326	.277	.603		.071	.268	19	51	9	72	76

Tug McGraw vs. Nelson Briles: Starting & Relieving

Tug McGraw vs. Nelson Briles: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Nelson Briles	21-34	1965	1978	157	56	52.1	147	51	35	9	71.0	74	173
2	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	13	33	47.4	464	149	32	50	78.3	541	785

Tug McGraw vs. Nelson Briles: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Nelson Briles	23-28	1967	1972	4	80	59.0	0	0				0	1
2	Tug McGraw	24-36	1969	1981	0			13	3	23	2	80.0	19	26

Tug McGraw vs. Nelson Briles: Ratios

Tug McGraw vs. Nelson Briles: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Nelson Briles	21-34	1965	1978	452	279	2111.2	13.1	6.2	7.0
2	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	824	39	1514.2	17.6	9.2	8.3

Tug McGraw vs. Nelson Briles: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Nelson Briles	23-28	1967	1972	6	5	37.1	11.2	5.6	5.6
2	Tug McGraw	24-36	1969	1981	26	0	52.1	21.5	14.8	6.7

Tug McGraw vs. Nelson Briles: Pitch Summary

Tug McGraw vs. Nelson Briles: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Nelson Briles	21-34	1965	1978	452	279	2111.2		84
2	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	824	39	1514.2

Tug McGraw vs. Nelson Briles: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Nelson Briles	23-28	1967	1972	6	5	37.1
2	Tug McGraw	24-36	1969	1981	26	0	52.1	407		242	59.46

Tug McGraw vs. Nelson Briles: Head-to-Head Pitching

Tug McGraw vs. Nelson Briles: Totals

Tug McGraw vs. Nelson Briles: Totals Table
Rk	Player	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Tug McGraw	1	1	.500	1.78	8	0	5	0	0	1	25.1	22	5	5	2	11	1	19	1	0	1	108	1.303	7.8	0.7	3.9	6.8
2	Nelson Briles	1	3	.250	4.76	8	5	1	1	1	0	28.1	32	15	15	3	7	2	14	0	0	0	119	1.376	10.2	1.0	2.2	4.4

Tug McGraw vs. Nelson Briles: Game Logs

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Tug McGraw vs. Nelson Briles: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	App,Dec	IP	H	R	ER	UER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	PO	TB	GIDP	SH	SF	XBH	GmSc	Pit	Str	WPA	RE24	IR	IS	aLI	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)
1	Nelson Briles	PIT	1973-09-19	GS-5, L	5.0	6	4	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	20	7	19	4	1	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	2	39			-0.3	-1.74			0.90
2	Tug McGraw	NYM	1973-09-19	7-GF, S	3.0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	11	3	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0				0.2	1.36	0	0	1.97
3	Nelson Briles	PIT	1973-05-19	GS-6	5.2	8	1	1	0	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	26	11	22	7	0	0	0	0	0	11	1	1	0	1	47			0.1	0.98			1.26
4	Tug McGraw	NYM	1973-05-19	7-GF(10), BL	4.0	5	4	4	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	17	6	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	11	1	1	0	2				-0.5	-2.19	0	0	2.13
5	Nelson Briles	PIT	1971-07-01	6-6, H	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.1	0.72	3	0	4.85
6	Tug McGraw	NYM	1971-07-01	8-GF	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	9	3	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1				0.0	-0.15	0	0	0.23
7	Nelson Briles	STL	1970-09-13	6-8	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	11	2	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0				0.3	1.51	0	0	1.36
8	Tug McGraw	NYM	1970-09-13	6-11	6.0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	22	5	21	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0				0.7	3.02	0	0	2.16
9	Nelson Briles	STL	1970-08-31	GS-1, L	0.1	3	3	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	32			-0.2	-2.69			1.49
10	Tug McGraw	NYM	1970-08-31	7-9, H	2.2	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	13	5	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1				0.1	1.03	0	0	0.62
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Tug McGraw vs. Nelson Briles: Batter vs. Pitcher

Tug McGraw (Pitcher) vs. Nelson Briles (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Tug McGraw (Pitcher) vs. Nelson Briles (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1970	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Tug McGraw (Pitcher) vs. Nelson Briles (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Tug McGraw (Pitcher) vs. Nelson Briles (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1970	1970-09-13	NYM	STL	tied 4-4	b8	---	0		Flyball: RF

Tug McGraw vs. Nelson Briles: Batting Comparison

Tug McGraw vs. Nelson Briles: Batting Totals

Tug McGraw vs. Nelson Briles: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Nelson Briles	21-34	1965	1978	333	532	469	29	72	9	2	3	29	0	0	21	171	.154	.192	.200	.392	12	94	5	2	37	3	0
2	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	826	247	214	14	39	7	0	1	18	0	0	10	57	.182	.221	.229	.450	26	49	2	1	21	1	0

Tug McGraw vs. Nelson Briles: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Nelson Briles	23-28	1967	1972	6	14	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.091	.167	.091	.258	1	0	1	2	0	0
2	Tug McGraw	24-36	1969	1981	26	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	1	0	0

Tug McGraw vs. Nelson Briles: Batting Value

Tug McGraw vs. Nelson Briles: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Nelson Briles	21-34	1965	1978	333	532	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.2	-55	0	0	0
2	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	826	247	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.1	-20	0	0	0

Tug McGraw vs. Nelson Briles: Batting Sabermetric

Tug McGraw vs. Nelson Briles: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Nelson Briles	21-34	1965	1978	333	532	14	95	99	442	23	.232	55	-54	-5.9	.047	2.7		0
2	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	826	247	8	50	55	199	13	.242	31	-22	-2.2	.047	3.8		0

Tug McGraw vs. Nelson Briles: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Nelson Briles	23-28	1967	1972	6	14	0	2	2	12	1	.200	1			.000	1.8		0
2	Tug McGraw	24-36	1969	1981	26	6	0	1	2	5	0	.333	1			.000	2.5		0

Tug McGraw vs. Nelson Briles: Batting Win Probability

Tug McGraw vs. Nelson Briles: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Nelson Briles	21-34	1965	1978	333	532	-4.5	-5.7	0.2	-54.48	-5.7	-56.85	0.81
2	Tug McGraw	20-39	1965	1984	826	247	-2.5	-2.2	-0.1	-20.79	-2.1	-21.82	1.07

Tug McGraw vs. Nelson Briles: Head-to-Head Batting

Tug McGraw vs. Nelson Briles: Totals

Tug McGraw vs. Nelson Briles: Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Tug McGraw	8	6	5	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.600	1.000	3	0	0	1	0	0
2	Nelson Briles	8	9	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	0	0	2	0	0

Tug McGraw vs. Nelson Briles: Game Logs

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Tug McGraw vs. Nelson Briles: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	GS	InnPl	BOP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Pos
1	Nelson Briles	PIT	1973-09-19	*	6	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.22	-0.043	9.38	-0.20%	-0.32			P
2	Tug McGraw	NYM	1973-09-19		3	9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.68	0.022	2.61	0.05%	0.26			P
3	Nelson Briles	PIT	1973-05-19	*	6	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.012	1.53	0.01%	0.16			P
4	Tug McGraw	NYM	1973-05-19		4	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	1	0	0	2.87	-0.024	6.41	-0.03%	-0.18			P
5	Nelson Briles	PIT	1971-07-01		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
6	Tug McGraw	NYM	1971-07-01		2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
7	Nelson Briles	STL	1970-09-13		4	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
8	Tug McGraw	NYM	1970-09-13		6	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.81	-0.046	9.02	-0.14%	-0.24			P
9	Nelson Briles	STL	1970-08-31	*	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P
10	Tug McGraw	NYM	1970-08-31		3	4	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.12	0.014	0.39	0.03%	1.87			P
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